Respiratory health in children, and indoor exposure to (1,3)-β-D- glucan, EPS mould components and endotoxin

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1050-1059

  Tischer, C ^a   Gehring, U ^b   Chen, C M ^a   Kerkhof, M ^c   Koppelman, G ^d   Sausenthaler, S ^a   Herbarth, O ^e   Schaaf, B ^f   Lehmann, I ^g   Kramer U ^h   Berdel, D ⁱ   Von Berg, A ⁱ   Bauer, C P ^j   Koletzko, S ^k   Wichmann, H E ^a,l   Brunekreef, B ^b,m   Heinrich, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f Praxis für Kinder und Jugendmedizin   (Germany)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^h HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^k LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Childhood; Endotoxin; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; ENDOTOXIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ASTHMA; BEDS; BETA-GLUCANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FUNGI; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955649805     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00091210     Document Type: Article

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